Daily Birthdays and Events in Sci-Fi, Comics and related areas

December 20, 2011

The Walking Dead, Conan, Ghost Rider, Red Sonja, Rip Off Comix, She Devil, Gammera the Invincible, Firefly.

Take a look at the great lineup of birthdays today.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Tony Moore 1978, comic book artist, whose work consists mainly of genre pieces, most notably in horror and science fiction, with titles such as The Walking Dead, Fear Agent and The Exterminators.
Dave Simons 1954, comic book artist, known for his work on Conan, Ghost Rider, Red Sonja, and Spider-Man for Marvel Comics and Forgotten Realms for DC Comics. He is also known for commercial storyboard and games artwork work on The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs and Greyhawk Ruins.
Mack White 1952, comic book artist, White began creating and self-publishing comics in the 1980s. His first professionally published story was "El Bandito Muerto" which appeared in Rip Off Comix in 1990. Throughout the 1990s, he contributed to a number of comics anthologies (most notably Zero Zero, Buzz and Snake Eyes), magazines (Details, Heavy Metal, Boing Boing, and others), and newspapers (Austin Chronicle and Austin American-Statesman). His books include: The Mutant Book of the Dead (Starhead Comics, 1994); Villa of the Mysteries (a limited series published by Fantagraphics, 1996–98); and The Bush Junta (Fantagraphics, 2004), a political comics anthology which he co-edited with Gary Groth. White's artwork has also been featured in a number of art shows, particularly the Comics on the Verge show which was presented by the Yerba Buena Arts Center in 2003 and later toured galleries and universities throughout the United States.
Albert Dekker 1905, actor, Dr. Alexander Thorkel - Dr. Cyclops (1940), Mr. Trask - Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949), Dr. Richard Bach - She Devil (1957), Secretary of Defense - Gammera the Invincible (1966).


Events

1968, First day of filming on Star Trek:TOS "All Our Yesterdays".
1968, Star Trek:TOS, "Elaan of Troyius" airs.
1974, Dr. Who, four-part serial "Robot" airs.
1979, Star Trek: The Motion Picture is released in the UK.
2002, Firefly, "Serenity" airs.

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